Girls volleyball: Mitty’s Bret Almazan-Cezar national coach of year

Archbishop Mitty’s Bret Almazan-Cezar was named national girls volleyball coach of the year Monday by PrepVolleyball.com.

The honor comes after Almazan-Cezar, named Mercury News coach of the year in December, guided Mitty to its record 10th state championship in the fall.

The Monarchs rolled past Santiago of Corona in the final.

Here is an excerpt from the PrepVolleyball.com story:

The Santiago win improved the 50-year-old coach’s career record to 676 victories against 102 losses over 21 years, the first seven with Lincoln of Stockton. Almazan-Cezar has 13 league championships, 13 section championships and 11 NorCal Regional Championships to his credit.

“He gets his girls ready to play every match and EXPECTS success,” said David Winn, the head coach at Palo Alto with two Division I state titles to his credit.